On Jan 19, 11:58*am, "Don White" wrote:
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On Jan 19, 9:33 am, "Don White" wrote:





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Don White wrote:
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:52:24 -0700, "Canuck57"
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On Jan 17, 7:01 pm, hk wrote:
...gliding into the Hudson...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7835497.stm
Yup, saw those and a couple more on FOX this morning...
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But can't be stated enough, the pilot had his collective crap
together
that
time. Landing one of those on water like that without a collision,
no
power, without breakup and no serious injuries I strongly suspect
isn't an
accident.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...hrer17-2009jan...

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When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you
Local guy, lives about 10 miles from me. His wife is a fitness expert
that works for local Channel 7.http://www.fitandfabulousoutdoors.com/
He is what Don W. and Harry hate. A guy with a degree from a military
academy. And being an Air Force guy and not a Marine, Go Air Force
Academy guys.

Say what?
I have a number of 1st cousins in the military.
One, a Major, while stationed in England was summond receive his MBE
(Member of the Order of the British Empire) from the Queen.

What have you done Don?

Public service............... spent my working career bettering my
country,
not trying to fill my own pockets.- Hide quoted text -

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But then you tried to tell someone right here that you WASN'T a civil
servant.......

No I "WASN'T"!
As I've stated many times, I was employed by a Crown Corporation and draw my
pension from same Crown Corporation.
All my working life, we were considered at 'arms length' from any current
government, although I wouldn't be surprised if the current Conservative
gang in Ottawa have bent that a bit to control negative reporting &
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Do you have a problem with the word "wasn't"? It's a common
contraction.

As for the rest of your babble:

Crown corporation
–noun Canadian. a commercial company owned by the government and
controlled and partially operated by civil servants

In Canada, Crown corporations, within either the federal or provincial
sphere, are technically operated by the Canadian monarch, as the
institution's sole shareholder, either as the Monarch-in-Right-of-
Canada or the Monarch-in-Right-of-[Province]. This follows the legal
premise that the Crown, as an institution, owns all the property of
government at the federal and provincial level. In practice, however,
most Crown corporations operate at arm's length from the government,
with direct government control only being exerted over the
corporation's budget and the appointment of its chairperson and
directors through Order-in-Council.


Sure sounds like civil service to me! I am curious why you seem to
think that's a bad thing?